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Title: How weight do you think?
Post by: coonhunter on April 12, 2008, 07:43:56 PM: :) I got this fish about 4 years ago Whee.. I was all pumped after got fish out, it was big fish! how much weight do you think? :dunno: I was fishing alone down river and there was a two little boys standing by me live around here and after I got fish out and asked him to take a picture of it. Oh no, not a good picture but better than nothing. so I release it. Cuz It was almost dark fish :'( I couldnt hold this fish longer cuz my arm was dying by pulling hard for while. :chuckle:
Could this king mouth cover my head with their mouth? What a big king. :drool:

coonhunter
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Red Dawg on April 12, 2008, 08:05:20 PM: that thing is a monster. good call throwing it back. Still a great catch though.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: robodad on April 12, 2008, 08:10:48 PM: 55-65 lbs Just a guess,

Nice fish, what a fight I bet !! :chuckle:
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Houndhunter on April 12, 2008, 08:28:46 PM: my guess 48lbs
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on April 12, 2008, 08:40:58 PM: I'll say 52 lbs
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Red Dawg on April 12, 2008, 08:49:53 PM: pretty rung out so i will say 42.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: jackelope on April 12, 2008, 09:27:31 PM: i'm gonna agree with the dawg...that is a low 40's # boot nook.

what river?
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: 50CalJim on April 12, 2008, 10:18:49 PM: I've caught some 40 plus pounders before & after looking at the pic I'd say it would go about 36-38 lbs. But pics can fool ya some times though. :fishin:
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Slider on April 13, 2008, 08:24:10 AM: 50+ ;)
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Post by: cohoho on April 13, 2008, 10:31:52 AM: I've caught hundred of Kings. Boat loads of 25-30's, Too many 40's, Numerous 50's and several in the 60's class. Fished Alaskan rivers for almost ten years on very active basis. He is getting past the spawned stage and lost of alot of body weight, but in prime I'm sure he'd be 45 or around.... Never the less, a great fish. Would have been a heck of a fight from shore in his prime, fish like that normally very tough to tackle with small gear on fast rivers....
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Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 13, 2008, 10:34:05 AM: I think the picture is sort of decieving... It's hard to tell with nothing to give perspective so I'll say 33 lbs.
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Post by: Antlershed on April 13, 2008, 12:26:47 PM: Did your hand fall off after touching that thing? :P I say upper 20's, low 30's.
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Post by: boneaddict on April 13, 2008, 12:31:10 PM: Fresh that would have been a 50 pound fish. In his condition 38-40. Good job for turning him back.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: coonhunter on April 13, 2008, 02:16:07 PM: Ya Jackalope It was at Naselle river. Some dark and some Chrome. not really exciting. Sometime soo many people. I have caught pretty many Kings there, I have never feel that so HEAVY in whole my life. I would probablly guess 40 to 45lbs. Dang I was using 25 lbs fishing line. whee...

coonhunter
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Antlershed on April 13, 2008, 07:10:34 PM: Here is a fish that went a legitimate 30lbs. My buddy in the pic is about 6'2" for reference....

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv336%2F4tacxoma4%2F30lbfish.jpg&hash=222ede67ba3dbe59a11b848740355a00058e4b14)
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: coonhunter on April 13, 2008, 08:24:10 PM: Wow Nice Fish you got Antlershed.

coonhunter
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Slider on April 13, 2008, 08:44:00 PM: Pope you have to count the part you don't see in the pic!!!.................lol
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: jackelope on April 13, 2008, 09:17:49 PM: assuming it's still there and hasn't dissolved yet.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Antlershed on April 14, 2008, 04:13:51 PM: Quote from: jackelope on April 13, 2008, 09:17:49 PM
assuming it's still there and hasn't dissolved yet.

:chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 14, 2008, 04:24:46 PM: Quote from: Slider on April 13, 2008, 08:44:00 PM
Pope you have to count the part you don't see in the pic!!!.................lol

LOL Hey, a sealion might have eaten the back half of him. Anyways, I know my trick photography and I see how he's holding it out to the camera. Very similar technique that I used to take photos of my moose to make it look big... I'm not saying it isn't big, but it's not a 50 pounder. (I think?) ;)
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Slider on April 14, 2008, 04:37:15 PM: POPE them 50 pounders are hard to hold out with one hand!!!........................lol
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Houndhunter on April 14, 2008, 04:48:08 PM: ya it looks like hes having a hard time holding it up, but then again he is a bit of a girl. so maybe your right pope, its probably just a 20lbs-er :chuckle:
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: popeshawnpaul on April 14, 2008, 05:18:19 PM: LOL, so coon doesn't get mad at me...for the record I said 33 lbs. :)
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: alecvg on April 14, 2008, 05:26:28 PM: i have no idea, i dont no squat about fish or fishing for that manner, all i care about is hunting, dont get me wrong, ill still go out for bass or trout from time to time, but huntings for me!
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: coonhunter on April 15, 2008, 04:16:42 PM: Hey Popeshawnpaul, :'( I wish it was bigger than 33 dang... your probablly right who knows. I should have bring weight tool.
Next time I will. ;)

coonhunter
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: ICEMAN on April 15, 2008, 08:36:45 PM: Leave the scale at home! You dont want it around ruining all them fishing stories! :chuckle:

Who cares anyway, must have been a gret fight in a small creek like that.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Antlershed on April 15, 2008, 08:40:54 PM: Looks like the Skook almost, and that would make it a Skook upriver bright. :chuckle:
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Post by: Dman on April 15, 2008, 08:50:23 PM: Nice, even for a boot. 36-38lbs.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2008, 06:23:08 AM: I landed a chrome 55 pound King in the Skook on a fly rod. Took me about 3 hours. Son of a gun almost spooled me going upriver. Almost drowned me in a stupid gillnet.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Muleyslyr on April 17, 2008, 09:34:44 AM: Great fish Coon! If your gonna release a fish that big you gotta be careful holding it by the gills....especially in that condition. Sounds like it was a clean release though. Good for you.

Just as a percepecitve.....first picture is a 48lb. King I got a couple years ago. Like someone else said.....extremely hard to hold a fish that large with one hand. As you can see it took me two.

Second picture is exactly 35lbs.

I would say yours was mid-40's at least!

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv421%2FMuleyslyr%2FAlbum%2520two%2FQCLpictures013.jpg&hash=7cc2a13b7421876d0555b8a4d8ebf3b151d4e0b5)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv421%2FMuleyslyr%2FAlbum%2520two%2FAlbum%2520three%2FQCLpictures008.jpg&hash=1e48eefb41f981f84e06dc699ff646f490738d51)
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Dman on April 17, 2008, 01:09:00 PM: No way that guy's as big as you Leif ;)

They jaw kype of a freshwater King makes it appear larger than in the salt, I still say 36 -38 but darn nice fish.
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Muleyslyr on April 18, 2008, 09:21:04 AM: :chuckle:
Title: Re: How weight do you think?
Post by: Intruder on April 18, 2008, 09:32:41 AM: Low 40s. No offense but that bugger looks pretty dark and half dead. Did he fight good?